The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

ties are planed on the upper SIDE! -
Puck.
"A Chicago man bought $50 in
cubator, put $25 worth of eggs in it,
and Matched out bluebottle fly. He
now brags of having the only 5000 blue
bottle fly in the country.-Cincinnati
Times.
Why don't you mend your
clothes?" asked a gentleman of very
weather-beaten tramp. Cos" was
the reply, 1--WE got it from the Scripter
that it don't pay to sew tears."-Wdsh-
,ngt0n Critic.
The annual product of butter in the
State of Vermont is stated at q, 000.0 900
pounds; of maple sugar at 100000
pounds: of wool at 5000 600 pounds,
and of hay at 100000 tons.-Farnl,
Field and Stoakman.
"A man in the western part of Ne
braska. who has been bound up in
wcdlock only five months, has ap-
piled for divorce upon the singular
charge that his wife will not trim her
tOcnails, which he AYERS are of mon
strOus sizc.-DctrOit Free Press.
When YOU ask Georgia man how
far it is to the next plantation and he
answers that it is "a peek and right
smart screech," he is supposed to mean
that it is rs far as you can see from
where You stand and then as much far
Their as strong voice can be heard
A Dubuque grocer named Scott
offered to let Il woman named Taylor
strike him with Goldfish for twenty
five cents. 1t was all joke, you know.
but she paid the money. gave the cod
fish whirl or two, and when it hit
grocer Scott it broke his jaw and tore
off part of his ear
In entering a horse car it is not re-
allied by everybody that to occupy the
rear end of the car while there is plenty
of room ahead is a needless injury to
the horses. When the weight behind is
greater than that in the front of the car
it makes drawing the load much harder
for the horses.
Some Mexicans were caught rob-
bling a freight car on 4 siding of the
Mexican Central Il few days ago. and
the station agent telegraphed to head
quarters as to how to proceed. The re-
ply s-"PrOsecute vigorously" He
replied to this with, Cant do it in this
case. as they have been executed. but
viii do so in the uexJ. "-WdU Street
NctCS.
AT a grand dinner very needless
gentleman. who talked great deal,
forgot that his neighbor. young lady,
was unusually tall. and exclaimed Il
do not like big womenr' The lady bit
her lip; and the speaker, seeing he had
made a blunder, and trying to repair it
as CALAMITY as possible, added: when
they are young, madam Hacen
NeUs.
A builder in Newburg. n Y, who
is tearing down building to make
room for a new one. is putting the old
brick and mortar of the building to
novel use. He has contrived a grind
ing machine, into which he feeds the
old brick and mortar, and it is ground
into powder, or rather into building
sand and cement, and the material will
be used in setting brick in the new
building. -BOStOn Globe
Minneapolis thinks that it has the
fastest typesetter in the country. His
name is Min and he came from Sioux
City. He is known as the Missouri
River Rusher,' but his experience. I'M
til very recently, was confined wholly
to country newspapers. He was put
on case and worked seven successive
nights, FASTING up string of 1O1 900
ems. This is an average of II, 42S ems
per night. The work was on straight
matter. He can set 1000 ems per hour
with comparative ease.
1t was over twenty years AGO when
little Caspar paid visit to the West
country with his mother. The chief
mode of locomOtion. after pedals, was
in that section by lumber wagons. This
was new and strange thing 10 the
boy, and one stormy night, after he
was in bed, while his mother was pre-
pairing to follow him, hearing a long,
rolling peal of thunder. he exclaimed:
''Why. mamma. does God ride in lum-
Der wagons, too?"-Ba6yhOod.
Magnolia metal is an invention
which promises to secure that much
desired result, immunity from heated
journals in running gear of all kinds
"hot boxes" as they are called. 1t is
4 secret composition of lead. antimonv.
etc, somewhat in the nature of the
well-known Rabbit metal" but has
stood tests, both in testing machines,
and in practice in engines working at
high velocity, much more severe than
any other metal thus far made has been
able to endure.-N. Y. Examiner.
Another new fashion in Philadel-
phia is the engagement dinner" at
which the father or nearest male rela-
tive of the lady usually makes the an
nouncement at the close OF the dinner,
and pretty practice sometimes in
dulged is for each guest to pick up
flower and throw it at the fiancee. who
is thus met with rose shower from ali !
sides of the table. On this occasion,
reports an observer, 1.-The bridegroom |
elect often kisses his mother-in-law
elect. and the father of the Benedict in |
turn kisses the fiancee."
Composition of Rails.
If is stated that the avara no oor,Doe;